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OLTJME I
MDGAVAY, ELK CO. PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1869.
NUMBER 20.
From Tentiyfon's "In Mcmorlnm."
F A MAN DIR. SHALL HE LIVE
AU.tlNI
Oh, yet we trust tliat somehow good
Will bo the final goal of 111,
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt, and tnluls of blood.
That nothing wafts with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroyed,
Or cast as riiblsh to tho void,
When God bnth made the pile complete.
That not a worm is cloven in Tain:
. That not a moth with vain desire
It shriveled in a fruitless fire,
Or but ei.bsei vos another's gain.
I Behold, wo know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last far cfi' at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.
So niiu tho dream, but what am If
An infant crying in the night;
An infant crying lor the light;
And with no language but a cry.
The wish, that of the living wholo
No lifu muy fail beyond the gravo.
Derives not from what wo have
Butlikest God wilbin the soul?
Are God and Nature then a strife,
That Nature lends such evil dreams?
So careful of the typo she seems,
So careless of tho single life;
That I considering everywhere
Her secret meaning in her deeds,
And finding that ot fifty seeds
She often brings but one to bear.
I faltered whore I firmly trod.
And falling with my weight of c ires
Upon the great world s altar-stairs,
That slope' thiough darkness up to God.
I stretch lnine hands of faith and grope,
And gather dust and chuff, and call
To w hat I feel is Lord of all,
And faintly trust tho larger hope.
'So careful of the type!" but no,
Fioiu scarped cliff aud quarried stone
She cries. "A thousand types are gone;
I care fur nothing; all shall go.
'Thou makest tliiue appeal to me;
I bring to life, I bring to death;
Tho spirit doe3 but mean the breath,
I know not more.'' And ho, shall he,
Man, her last works, who seemed so fair,
Such splendid purpose in his eyes,
. Who rolled the Psalm to wintory skies,
Yi'ho built him lanes of fruitless prayos,
Who trusted God was love indeed,
And lovo, Creatioas final law
Though nature, red in tooth and claw
With rapine, shrieked against his creed
Who loved, who suHered countless ills,
Who battled for tho true, the just,
Do blown about the deceit dust,
Or sealed wilhiu the iron bills?
o more! A monster then a dream,
A discord. Dragons of tho prime,
That Uur each other in their clime,
Were mallow music matched with hiiu.
h, lifo as fertile, then, as frail!
'V Ob, for thy voice to sooth aud bless!
What hope of answer or redress?
Behind tho veil, behind tho veil.
MISS IHtlGtiS EN 12 51 Y.
BY LOTTIE llliOWS.
Mr. Terry was it n old bachelor, and Miss
Briggs was and old uiaiil. Ho lived iu the
brick house on the hill, uiul she in the cot
tage opposite, and they were mortal euemies.
He deepised In r because she kept two cats
mid a canary, and she loathed him for his nf
foctiou for u huge mastiff aud a kuock-kueed
horse.
"Why oa earth the man don't try to get a
decent horse is more thau I cuu iinugiul"
she would say, as he plodded up to the door.
"1 believe that he is too mean uud miserly to
buy oue."
Miss Briggs would have hardly felt pleased,
had she kuowu that Mr. Perry rode buck and
forward ou his worn-out piece of horse -flesh,
for the purpose of uunoyiug her.
They never spoke, but yet they managed
to keep np a perfect warfare, by Uisugrosuhle
manners aud wrathful gluuces.
She sat Lour after hour beneath tho canary
bird in the. window, with hen cats perched
upou the sill, uud her kuittiug in her hand,
throwing glances of scorn to the oposite side,
whero he. with cigar and uewsp iper, aud
boots a Tew inches higher than his head, re
ceived and paid them back with interest.
His detestable dog came over and rau
through her garden, destroying all her beau
tiful tulips and hyacinths, "uud she gave him
a hot bath which seut him howtiu to his
master, uud wheu said master reinoustrated,
eeut word that sue would treat bim worce
next time.
Her little red cow broke through his euclo
sure and devoured his turnips ami cabbages,
and he led her home, aud informed Mis
Briggs that a sccoud offence would give her
a conifortnbl pasture iu the pond.
For two years they lived and fought aud
'no one could bring about peace between
them. It wus a pity, the ueighbors all suid,
for Miss Brills was a dear little soul, aud
there was uol a fitter man in the couutry thau
Mr. Perry.
"Julia, love," said Mrs. Perkins, ooe af
ternoon, us she entered the cozy parlor, "I
am going to have a party, and I waut you
to come down iu the afternoon to tea, and re
main during the eveuiug. Every oue will be
there. "
"Will that old bach ovei the way be
there V
"Mr. Perry? O, ye! We could not get
1 along without bun."
Then that settles the matter. I sbant
"Now, Julia, don't be so foo'.ishl If you
remain at home be will think that you are
afraid of bim."
Miat Briggs thought the in at tor over.
Fi
W-1
Well, it would look a little like it, and she
would not have him think so for the world
the conceited wretch I
Mrs. Perkins went home, and it wag ar
ranged that Miss Briggs wns to spend the af
ternoon, and remain lor the party.
She was a pretty little woman, and it was
always a puzzle to every one why she never
married. She bad a round, rosy face; clear,
brown ryes, and beautiful hair, and sweet
little mouth, add if sbts was near thirty,
there was not a smarter womun in town.
She stood before the gilt framed looking
glass iu the little chamber, and fastened her
luce collar over the neck of her maroon col
ored dress, with a plain gold brooch, and be
gan to think that she looked very well.
There was a bright healthy flush vpon her
cheek, aud her eyes wero full of light aud
beauty.
She walked into Mrs. Perkins' Bitting
room, and found her awaiting her with a
smilling face. She thought that she must
be in a very good humor, but said nothing,
allowing the good lady to smile asloug end
pleasantly as she wished.
She ULderstood it oil when supper time
came, and Mr. Perkius entered followed by
Mr. Perry. This was n well laid plan to
muke tho two become friends!
Miss Briggs bit her lips, and inwardly
vowed that nothing should tempt her to give
"that man her bund in friendship. She
huted lii in und always would."
He was placed directly opposite at the ta
ble, aud many limes forced to pass the bis
cuit, cukes or preserves, aud she, Briggs, nc
cepted then), u!t hough sho declured to Mrs.
Perkins after supper, that they nearly choked
her.
Before evening they both wero persuaded
to overlook the horse aud cow dificulty und
be civil, und Briggs was frighloued wheu the
found ber.'.elf talking to him with easy uud
pleasant familiarity.
Tho party was u success, and although the
sports were generally monopolized by tho
younger portion, they found room for the old
maid und tier enemy, anil several tunes iney
found themselves doing most ridiculous thiugs
iu the way of paying forfeits.
At the end of the evening Miss Briggs was
at the door ready to depart, wheu he called:
"Miss Briggs," 1 am going up your way.
Will you wait?"
Would she ride behind the old horse, and
beside that detestable mau? ilio was won
dering whether she would or not, when Mrs.
Perkins came and triumphantly led her out,
and packed her into the carriage.
It was dark os pitch, and they had to let
the horse go his way, aud find it the best he
could. Mo did so very well until they reach
ed the cottage, and then he was bewildered.
Mr. Perry spoke, jerked the reins but to
no purpose". He then took out tho whip.
Whether bia natural dislike to the Hi-tioie, or
tlto memory of the indignities he had Fullered
from the hands of the owner of the cottage
overcome him it is hard to decide, but at all
events ho kicked up his heels, ran a few rods
and lell, overturning the buggy aud its pre
cious contents.
Miss Briggs was up in a momont,.unharm-
ed, but Mr. Perry was as silent as tho grave.
Hha ran shuutius through the darkuess until
Mr. Perry's "help'' came out with a luu'ern
to her assistance.
They found the poor man half dead beneath
the carriage, and while Dan was nt work,
Miss liriggs rau homo for her own servant.
After much labor they succeeded in extricat
tinir him from the wreck, but ho was senso-
le s, und they bore him home mid sent for the
village doctor. Upon examination they
louud his leg to be broken, uud thus Miss
Briggs enemy was at her mercy.
The days uud weeks taut tonowed wero
dreadful ones to the poor sufferer, but Miss
liriggs never left him. Day and uiglit she
stood beside him, and her little plump bauds
administered to every wunt,'
She forgot the cow und his . turnips. lie
forgot the eats aud canary. He only saw
littlo patient woman, with a pretty rosy face,
trim figure anil tender bauds. and would you
believe it? he fell 111 lovo with her.
How could he help it? She hud sat by him
through the dnarv days of pain, she bad
brought him her presi-ves. her wines nud uicn
invigorating cordials. She had made blune
mango and delicate custurus, und in all prob
ability saved his life.
What could bo do? Nothing but lull in
lovo.
"Miss Briggs!" ho said, one day when ho
wa able to nit np
"Well Mr. Perry?
You have been very good to me,
nud I
feel as though I owe you a great deal."
"There! now stop right where you are.
You owp me nothing."
"Cut would you mind if I trespassed a lit
tlo further on vour good nature?''
"Xot at nil."
"Well, Miss Briggs, will you tako me iu
charge for the rest of my natural life?"
"What?"
"Will yon marry me? There! '
Miss Briggs blushed and her auswer came
thus:
"I will mr.rry you."
There was a wedding iu church a few
weeks later, and Mrs. Perkins prepared the
wedding supper.
Mr. uud Mrs. Perry live in the brick house,
and the cottage is rented to a young mun and
his wife, to whom Mrs. Perry bequeathed
her cats nud canary.
The mastiff and the knock-kneed old horse
are with tho forefathers.
A Touching Sketch.
TWEMY-HVB CENTS.
"Please, sir, will you buy my chestnuts?"
'Chestnuts! No!" returned Ralph Moure,
looking cureb'ssly down on tho up-turned
face whose large brown eyes shudowed by
tuugled curies of flaxeu hair, were appealing
so pitifully to his owu, 'what do I waut with
cnestuutsr
'But please, sir, do buy' 'em.' pleaded the
little oue, reassured by the rough kinduess of
his toue. 'Nobody seems to cure for 'em,
and and
She fairly burst into tears, and Moore,
who bud been on the point of carelessly pass
ing her, stopped iustinctively.
Are you very mnch in want of the mon
ey?'
'Indeed, sir, we are,' sobbed the child;
'mother sent me out, and'
'Nay, little one, do uot cry, jn such a
heart broken way,' said E'llph, smoothin"'
ber hair down with carejeff gentleness, 'I
don't want your chestnuts, but here's a quar
ter for you, if that will do you any good.'
He did not stay to hear the delightful In
coherent thanks the child poured out through
a rainbow of smiles and tears, but strode on
his way, muttering between his tenth
That cuts off my supply of cigars for the
next twenty-fonr boursl 1 don t care,
t.linnirti. for the brown eved obir-ct really did
cry us if she hadn't a friuud in tho world.
Hung it, 1 wish I was rich enough to help
every poor creature out of the Slough of Des-
pond"
While Ralph Moore was indulging in these
very natural reflections, tho dark-orbed littlo
damsal whom he had confronted, was dashing
down the street with quick elastic step, ut-
terly regardless of tho basket pf unsold nuts
that still dangled upon her arm. Down an
obscure lane she darted, between tall rnuious
rows of houses, and Tip a narrow wooden
staiicase to a room where a pale neat look-
ing woman with largo browu eyes like her
own, was sewing us busily as if tho breath of
lite depended upon every stitch, and two HI-
tie ones were pluyiug in the sunshine that
temporarily supplied the place of the absent
fire. .
'Mary! back ulrendy? Surely you have
not sold your chestnuts so soon?
No, mother; mother, see! ejaculated the
the breathless child. 'A gentleman gave mo
a whole quarter' Only think, mother, a
whole quarter!
If Italph Jloore could only have seen the
rapture which his tiuy silver gift diffused
rouu.i it.m tuc poor widow s poverty-stricken
home, he would have grudged still less the
temporary privations of cigars to which his
generosity had subjected him.
Years came and went. Tho little chest
nut girl parsed us entirely out of Ralph
Moore's memory, as if her pleading eyes hud
never touched the soft spot iu his heart, but
Mary Lee never forgot the stranger who had
piveu her tho silver piece.
The crimson window curtains were closely
drawn to shut out the storm mid tempest of
tho bleak Pecenber night the lire was glow
ing cheerfully iu the well-Hlled grate, aud
the dinner tu"l!oulI in n glitter with cut glass,
rare china, ami polished silver, ouly waiting
lor the presence of Mr Audley.
What can it bo that detains papa?' said
Mrs. Audley. h lair hiimkomo mutroii of
about thirty", as she glanced nt the dial of a
tiny enameled watch. Six o'clock, uud he
does not make his appearance.
'There's a man with him in the study,
mamma come on busines,' said Robert Aud-
lev. a nrettv bov t even years old, who was
reading by the fire.
I'll call him again,' suid Mrs Audley, step
nino1 to the tioor.
Hut as sho ope lied it, the brilliant gaslight
fell full on the face of an humble looking
man iu worn and threadbare garments, who
was leaving the hous'i while her busbaiW
stood in the doorway of his study, apparent
ly relieved lo be rid of his visitor.
'Charles.' said Mrs Audley, whose cheek
had paled and flushed, 'who is that man
und what does h" want?'
'Mis name is Moore, I believe, love, and
ho came to see if I .would bestow upon him
that vacant uiessengership in the bank.'
'And will vou?'
'1 dou't know, M.try I must think ubout
if.
'Charles, give him the situation.'
'Why. mv love?'
'Jiecaus'l ask it of you as a favor, and
you have said a thousand times you would
never deny me anything '
'And Twill keep my word, Marv.'snid the
lover husband with au affectionate kiss. 'I I
write the fellow a note this very evening. I
believe I've got his address, somewhere ubout
me.'
An hour or two later, when Bobby, and
Frank and Littlo Mani-iu were locked snugly
up iu bed in the spacious nursery nbove
stairs, 'Mrs. Audley told her husband
whv she was interested in the fate of a mau
whose face she hud not seeu for twenty yenrs.
That's' right, my little wife!' said her hus
band, folding her loudly to Ins breust, 'never
forget one who has been kind to you in tho
davs when you needed kindness most.'
Ralph Moore wus sitting tho self-sime
n'ght iu his poor lodgings beside his ailing
wife's sick bed, when a liveried servant
brought a note I'ror.i tho rich und prosperous
bank director. Charles Auuley.
'Good uews, Bert:::;! be exclaimed, joy
ously, os ho read tho brief words: wo shall
llOt Siarve .ur. -AUiliey promises niu biiu va
cant situation!
'Von have aropped something from tho
note. Ralph,' said Mrs. Moore, poiuting ton
sun of paper that lay on the Hoor.
Moore stopped to cover ine rstrny. it was
a fifty dollar bill, neatly folded iu a picco of
paper, ou which was written:
'In greatiui reineinuraiice oi uir silver
nuurter that a kiml stranger bestowed ou u
little chestnut girl twenty years ago.
Ralph Mooro bad thrown his morsel o.
bread on the waters of life, and after man
days it had returned to him.
Cuttiso off Dead Heaps. The New York
Tribunk says:
Among the announcements irom vv usuin
ington is an unpretending little paragraph to
rr . . .1. .. .1.- I,.. f!n.w...nl
revoked all commissions as special agents of
Z Jtm, other than thole under pav and
,r ti ri."i.
USKIglieU IU UUl-V. I uo lliuauiug ut tiuo id
r. .. . t i. .I,.. i .i
tliat liereaiicr uov, iiuuuuus cruuu ui uu-
veuturers uud confidence men are to be
stopped from traveling free overall railroads
and fcteainboata of the country. Whenever
the Postmaster General wauted to oblige a
friend, or send some striker oil to cork up a
Convention or manipulate a caucus, he
made him a special agent without puy. The
commission wus simply a .uuiversal railroad
and steamboat pass. Sometimes a single
...,i.w. U',wl.;,.,rt,.n irnnld nnntii n
tt,lop nf thesn "Postal A?ents" whoso
.. ..io A,..,.iui,oi in ti, a r nf
...,i.,i.a ; iu r UnUu A tniin ho-
vi, u'.i,,nrf urn. snnrna.
LWCCU HCtl ItUAUNU 11 iwuiuvvu
ly ever without a brace of thein. Men made
husiness trips over the whole South and
West on Postal Agent commissions. Of
course the railroads found some way to get
even with the Department, aud tho Govern
ment eventually hud all the promiscuous free
ridimr to Day for. Mr. Cresswell is not too
prompt in striking at the root of the discred
it i - ..i -
KUUIO uuuoo.
A man in Rhode Island was sent to jail for
ten days for sleeping iu church. Nothing
was doD to tb clsrgymam.
Seals. The tulents of tho seal are mani
fold, from the agility which he disnlnvn in
catching fish for his master, to the capacity
he has shown in learning actually to speak.
More than oue seal has been taught to utter
distinctly the word Papa, and several nui-
mals ol the kind are reported to have pro-
nouncca several words at n tune. Nor must
their love for mnsic be forgotten. vhich is
so great that they will rise from the water
and letmtin nearly standing upright as long
us, the instrument is played, to which they
listen wmi umiuBiaKuuie pieasuro. it is not
so long since one of this remarkable race
came every day for six weeks from the waters
of tho Mediterranean, to tako her rest under
tho divan of a custom-house officer in
Smyrna. The latter had tamed her, and
placed a few rough planks nt tho distance of
ubout three feet from the water's edge under
his couch, and on these boards the seal loved
to 'rest lor several hours, giving vent .to her
delight, oddly enough, in a profusion of sighs
like those of a suffering man. Sho ate
readily me rice anu me orena wnicu onereu
her, though she seemed to have some trouble
in softeniug tho former sufficiently to swallow
it with ease. After on absence of several
days, tho affectionate creature reappeared
with a young one under tke urin. but a month
later sho plunged one day, fiightcned, iuto
tho water, and was never seeu again.
Nearly about the same time, another seal
appeared mddenly in tho very midst of the
port of Co'istantiuoiHe, undisturbed by the
numiier oi cinques iiasliing to and tro, and
tho noiso of a thousand vessels with their
crews nud their passengers. One day tho
bont of the French legation was crossing
over to Pern, loaded with wine for tho am
bassador. A drunken sailor was sitting
astride ou the cask, uud singing boisterously,
when all ol n sudden' the seal raised himself
out of the water, seized the sailor with his
left arm, nud threw himself with his prey in
to tho waves. He reappeared nt somo" dis
tance, still holding tho man under his fin,
as if wishing to display his agility, aud then
stink once more, leaving tho frightened,
sobered sailor, to muke his way back to the
boat, surely, uothing more thau one such
occurrence was needed to give rise to the
many romances of former ages : if the same,
even, had happened in earlier oays the seal
would have been a beautiful Nereid, who,
having conceived a passion for tho hapless
sailor, had risen to take him dowu
to her
palace uuder the waves. Futuiuu's Maga
zine.
Av anecdote of Wendell Phillips hns re
cently come to out kuowledge, and we think
it too goon to ue Kepi iutijj't uui ui juiuu
About a year ago Mr. Phillips arrived in a
certain Western town to deliver bis lecture
ou the Lost Arts. Ho had been particularly
tequested by the secretary to give that loc
rure, and, uo other; but, after getting to the
town, he learned from a friend that the lite
rary association for which ho was to lecture
ad been so manipulated as to fall in tho
bauds of a committee of Democrats, who
had sworn to abolish from their platform all
political discussious, especially those winch
involved the treatment ot black tolks. Jiy
the mere engagement of the great lion ol
abolitionism the committee expected to show
their impartiality; by coiifiuing him to the
Lost Art3 they thought they had changed
him to a period iufiuitely removed from pres
ent politics, and they felt inclined to pat
their owu hacks over their shrewd manage
ment. "I'll fix 'em," quietly remarked Mr.
Phillips. The hour arrived; huge audience;
Democratic committee hugely deligthed that
they had tho abolition orutor on a safe sub
ject. Mr. Phillips was introduced with a
very emphatic announcement that ho wns to
lecture on the Lost Arts. What was the
horror of the committee us the orator pro
ceeded during the first fifteen minutes to de
scribe tho Democratic party ns one of tho
Lost Arts, tracing its career witli his own
terrible sarcasm invective, and ridicule.
After thus puuishing the committee to his
heart's content, he went on with his lecture
us usual. Meantime, the committee learned
a useful lessou in tnephilosophv ol discussion
und came to the conclusion that any lecturer
who is worth bearing is ruther disinclined
to being put into a cage.
The Central Pk.swsylvania Conference
of the SI. Cj. Cui'Rcn. Ibis (Jouterence,
which was recently in Rossion nt Danville,
was formed by the lato Geuaral Conference
at Chicago. It was a part of the old Balti
more Couference, but was divided twelve
years ugo, aud this present uonierence in
cluded in what was known ns tho East Balti
more Conference. Tho following boundary
was fixed by the General Conference:
Central Peuusylvania Conference shall be
bounded as follows: Ou the south, by the
State Hue from the Susquehanna river to the
west boundary of Bedford couuty, excepting
so much of the State of Pennsylvania as is
iiic'uded in Baltimore Conference; ou the
west by the west line of Bedford, Blair and
Clearfield counties, except so much of Clenr
field couuty as is embraced in the lirie Con
ference; thence to Haint Mary s; on luo north,
by the line extending from Saiiit Mary's east
ward to Emporium; thence by the southern
boundary of Potter and Tioga, excepting
suc'i portion of Tioga, ns is in Liberty
Vullev Circuit: theuce through Sullivan
county, north of Laporte to the west
Wyoming county; ou the east by W
line oi
yoming
Conlereuce to the norm
meoi tue X'uuuuei-
I , . s
I nuia l
phia Conference; thence on tho northern line
of Carbon, Schuylkill and Dauphin counties
to theSusnuchauim river, lucludiug Asniuud,
Beaver .Meadow uud W hite llaveu Ulrruiu;
theuce to the Susquehauua river to the place
of beginning. .
This is, therefore, a purely Pennsylvania
Coulerence.
A Puzzled Yankeb. Jinks tells a good
story Ol a man ou a .Mississippi sieumer wuo
was questioned by a Yankee. The gentle-
man. to humor tho fellow, replied to all the
ouestion straight fordly until the inquisitor
was fairlv puzzled for uq luterrogutory. At
I . . .
last he inquired
4'Look here, Squire wnere wasyou norm
"I wa3 born." said the victim, "iu Boston,
. . no
Tremont St, No 44. left baud side, on the
1st day of August, 1820, at 5 o clock in the
afteri.ooo: physician. Dr. arreu, nurse
Sullv Benjamin.
Yuukee was answered completely, xror a
momeut he wag struck. Soou, howeCJ his
face brightened, and he quickly said:
'Yeus, wall 1 calculate you don't recollect
whether it was a frame or a brick house, dew
A Shinies ill it H.
The Editor's Drawer of Harper's Monthly
for April has tho following:
In the spring of 1841 I scorching for a
studio in which to set up my ensej. My
'house-hunting"' ended nt the New York Uni
versity, where I found what I wnntnd in oue
of tho turrets of that stately edifice. When
I had fixed my choice the janitor, who accom
panied me in my exnmnrnination of the rooms,
threw open a door on the opposite side of the
hall and invited me to enter. I found myself
iu what was evidently an artist's studio, but
every object in it bore indubitable sigus of
unthrift and neglect. The statuetts, bust,
and moduls of various kinds wero covered
with dust and cobwebs; dusty canvass were
faced to the wall, and stumps of brushes and
scraps of paper littered the floor. The only
signs of industry consisted of a few masterly
crayon drawings and a little luscious studies
ot color pinned to the wall.
"You will hnvo nn artist for your neigh
bor" said the janitor, "though he is.uot nere
much of lute; bo seems to bo getting rather
shiftless; he is wasting his time over somo
silly invenlion.a machine by which he expects
to send messages from ono place to another.
He is a very good pninter, and might do well
if he would ouly stick to his business; but,
Lord, 'he added, with a sneer of supreme con
tempt, "the iuen of telling by a little streak
of lightening what n body is saying nt the
other end of it! His friends think he is
crazy on tho subject, and are trying to dis
suade ,him from it, but he persists iu it until
ho is almost ruiued."
Jndge of my astonishment when ho inform
ed mo that the "shiftless" individual, whose
foolish waste of time so excited his commiser
ation, was noue other thau the Prsident of the
National Academy of Design the most ex
alted position, in my youthful artistic fancy,
it was possible for moral to attaiu S. F. B.
Morse, since much better known as the inven
tor of the electric telegraph. But a little
while ot'tcr this his fame was flashing through
tho world, and tho unbelievers who voted him
insane were forced to confess that there was
nt least "method in h:s madness.
Ox Christmas F.vo last, at Cumberland,
Md., a gang of ruffians broke into the Color
ed Methodist Church in that city, where a
Fnir wns being held by the members of the
congreguticn, nnd, without any provocation,
murdered a colored man named Wesley Uoss,
who was attending the Fuir with his wife
and child. The assassins and their accom
plices, ultra "nigger haters" nnd nctive par
tisans, were arrested, taken beforea magistrate
and during their examination deliberately
walked out of the magistrate's office. The
State's Attorney had them again taken into
custody, and George W. Bills nnd John Mo
Girr wero indicted by tho Grand Jury of Al
leghany county for murder, and another of
tho gang, Thomas Summons, was tried there
on the charge of assault with intent to kill,
hut was acquitted. With this fact belbre
him, and it being evident that justice would
not be awarded the alleged murderer, nnd a
fair trial hud in Allegheny, tho State's At
torney had tho cases of McGirr and Sills re
moved to tho Circuit Court of Washington
county, where the trial, if such it can be
called", took place last week. Three witness
es, who were standing in the immediate vi
cinity of the muredred man, testified to have
seen ""Sills cut Ross,' aud to McGirr striking
him immediately nlterward, nnd jumping up
on nnil trampling his body when bo fell to the
floor from loss of blood. Upou this indispu
table testimony tint State rested itscaso. It
will hardly be believed, in the face of posi
tive testimony as to the guilt of the prisoners,
that a Washington county jury, after 30 min.
deliberat ion, reudered a verdict of "uot guil
ty," and lot those ruffians again loose upon
society. Mr. David B. Myer (white) testified
that previous to the murder ho met Sills aud
his gang in the vicinity of the church, and ho
heard Sills say that "ho would give the black
h 11, nnd ho would whip any
white man who would take up for them,'' nnd
after committing the deed, a Mrs. Miles
(white) testified that she heard Sills boast
tliat ho had killed one nigger, uud ho would
kill another ho would kill them nil, one by
one, as fast as they would bring them to him.
The verdict is a disgrace to the county and
the State, aud unworthy the days iu which we
livo. So says tho Baltimore American.
Death of Gen. l'hil. Kearney.
March 10. Wo are informed by a promi
nent, lawyer of this city that whilo sojourn-
ug iu Amboy a.t nigut bo passed a pleasant
our iu company with a lormer rebel ouiger.
who was attached to Stonewall Jackson s
ivision of the Confederate army during the
war, and wuo related nn interesting remin
iscence of the death of General Kearney ol
which sad event he was an eye-witness.-
The gulluut Kearney' ho said "received bis
death wound from a private nuder my com
mand, nnd wheu ho fell from bis horse I
hnsteued, with many others, to tho pomt
whero he lay, not supposing that bis wound
was a mortal ono.
Just as wo reached his
body, however, his limbs gave oue convulsive
quiver, and then nil was over. Seeing that
he was a Major ueneral, word was sent to
headquarters to that effect, and General
Jackson coming to the spot immediately
gave oue glance at the dead olticers teatures,
and exclaimed, "My God, boys, do you know
who you have killed? You have shot the
most gallant officer in the United States
army. This ia Phil. Kearney, who lost bis
arm in the Mexican war. lie theu involun
tarily lifted his hat, every officer in the group
fol owed bis example, and lor a moment u
reverential silence was observed by all. Sub
sequent'y the body of the deud soldier was
placed upon two oourus, and wneu neing re
moved to Headquarters, was louowou Dy ucu
eral Jackson, General Ewell aud other offi
ccrs, whilo a regimental baud preceded it
playing a dead march. '
For tub Ladies. To keep the hands soft
and white they fhould always be washed in
wu'm water, using fine soup, nud cureCully
dried with a moderately coarse towel, being
well rubbed every time to iu3ure a brisk cir
culation, than which nothing can be more
eflectuul in promoting a transparent and soft
surface. II engaged in any casual business
which may hurt the color of the hands, or
tbev nave been exposed to mo sun, a nine
lemon juico will restore their whiteness, aud
lemon soap is proper to wasn mem wun.
Legal
money.
tenderness Your wife's kiss
Tim Public Credit. This bill which whs
the first signed by the new Speaker and Pres
ident Grant, is as follows:
Bo it enacted, &c That in order to remove
any doubt as to tho purpose of the govern
ment to dischnrge all just obligations to the
public creditors ami to settle conflicting
questions and interpretations of tho law by
virtue of which such obligations have beeu
contracted, it is hereby provided and declar
ed that the fuith of the United States is sol
emnly pledged to the pnyment in coin or its
equivalent of all the bbligntions of the
United States not bearing interest, kuown as
United States notes, and of oil the interest
bearing obligations, except In cases whero
tjio law authorizing the 18330 of any such ob
ligations hns expressly provided that the
snmo may bo paid in lawlul money or inother
currency than gold und silver; but none of
the said interest-bearing obligations not al
ready due shall ho redeemed or paid before
mnlurity, unless at such times as Uuited
States notes shall be convertible into coin
nt the option'of the holder, or unless at such
time as bonds of tho Uuited States bearing
a lower rate of interest thau the bonds to be
redeemed can bo sold at par in coin; and the
United States also solemnly pledges its fuith
to muke provision at the earliest prnclicle
period for the redemption of tho United
States notes iu coiu.
Jamks (Jr. Blat.nb,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Soiiuvler Col-fax,
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Approved. U. S. Grant.
March 18, 18C9.
A Black Villain. We learn from the Re
pository that a negro named Adams, on
Thursday last, outraged the persons of three
white ladies near Chambersburg, one of the
victims not being quite thirteen yenrs old.
These outrages were committed at different
times during the day und iu different locali
ties. The brutal wretch was promptly ar
rested and lodged in Fort Fletcher. The ex
citement was naturally intense among the
citizens aud considerable difficulty was ex
perienced in restraining the crowd that sur
rounded the jail from forcibly taking the
prisoner therefrom und lynching him ou the
spot. Tho Repository says: Tho prisoner
is as black as the ace of spades; about 5 feet
4 inches high; of rather a stout build und
possesses n most wicked countenance. Me is
a son of "Titus Adams."nnd has been "down
the road" nt least once. There are none who
have more vindictive feelings against him
than his own race, and if placed in their
hands his punishment would be swift and
certain.
While we have only arrived at obsolnto
equality of races after years of legislation aud
bloodshed, the cuban revolutionists have at
one fell 6woop brushed away ull distinction
of enste, color or previous condition between
the people of their devoted islaud. The rev
olutionary assembly, at a late convention,
declured that slavery shall hereafter cease to
exist in Cubn All the rights and privileges
of white mou are granted to tho manumitted
slaves, and the cause of the master and his
servant thereby made identical. This Btep
on the part of the leaders of the revolution
entitles them to the consideration and sym
pathy of tho world. It proves that in their
efforts for liberty they are williug to make
greater sacrifices than the mere niding of tho
cause by money and services. It shows that
the principle that actuates the revolutionists
is universal, unqualified freedom, and not tho
mere control of the island, nud that to gain
that freedom tliey ure willing to lay by tho
prejudices ot ages nnd unite heartily with a
dowu-trodden race in the prosecution of their
object We extend tho right hand of fel
lowship to emancipated Cuba.
The Foet Wiiittif.r. A ship-builder of
Nuburyport has named one of his first-class
ships utter the poet Whittier, who writes, to
acknowledge the compliment, that: "In tho
course of my life I have doue something in
the seulnr.ug line as well as in Hpiuisti cas
tles, but, uufortnnately, my ships rarely
come to port. It is a satisfaction, therefore,
to feel that I have now an interest in a
stauncher craft, substantial as oaken ribs
and coppe bolts can make her."
A Little Mistake. A worthy deacon iu
a town soinewhero in North America, gave
uotice to a prayer meeting, tho other night.
of a church meeting that wns to be held im
mediately after, aud unconsciously added:
"There is no objection to the female
bretlieru remaining! "
This is equaled by the clergymen who told
in his sermon of a very uffecting scene were
"there wasn t a dry teur in tho house."
Am Ohio editor is getting particular about
what he eats. Hear him: "The wo'man who
made the butter which we bought last week
is respectfully requested to exercise more
Judgement iu proportioning the ingredients.
The last batch bad too much hair in for but
ter, and not quite enough for a waterfall.
I here is no sense in making yourseit baid-
headed, if butter is 50 cents a pound.
A sailor's wife at Portpatrick had just re
ceived intelligence that her husband had per
ished at sea. btie was visited by a neighbor
who sympathized with her loss, nnd express
ed a four she would be poorly off. "Deed I
will, said the widow; "but he did all bo
could for me he's saved me the expense of
bis tiuryiu.
Pennsylvania Statb Agricultural Soci
ety. This Society has determined to hold
its next aunual exhibition on the 28th ot
September, 18C!), to continue four duya.
The place of exhibition is not yet determin
ed, but will be announced about the 15th or
April.
"Pound Parties" are the latest notion
Those invited are expected to contribute ono
pound at least or something to eat
The flower of youth never appenra so beau
tiful as wheu it bends toward the Sua of
if Righteousness.
A Cincinnati jury rendered a verdict of
not guily with a recommendation to mercy.
for
An Albany paper announces that it will
not, hereafter, take payment in doga,